Eratosthenes' Geography.
This is the first modern edition and first English translation of one of the earliest and most important works in the history of geography, the third-century Geographika of Eratosthenes. In this work, which for the first time described the geography of the entire inhabited world as it was then known...
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Other Authors / Creators: | Roller, Duane W. Eratosthenes, Eratosthenes. Roller, Duane W. W. Roller, Duane W. |
Format: | eBook Electronic |
Language: | English |
Imprint: | Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2010. |
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Local Note: | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
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Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction
- Abbreviations
- Eratosthenes and The History of Geography
- The Background
- The Life of Eratosthenes
- The Geographika of Eratosthenes
- The Reception and Later History of the Geographika
- Eratosthenes, Geographika
- Book 1.
- Book 2.
- Book 3.
- Summaries and Commentaries
- Commentary to Book 1.
- Commentary to Book 2.
- Commentary to Book 3.
- Gazetteer
- Maps
- Appendices
- Appendix 1. On the Measurement of the Earth
- Appendix 2. Testimonia for the Life of Eratosthenes
- Appendix 3. Lengths of Measurement
- Bibliography
- Index of Passages Cited
- General Index